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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Art Hopping

This weekend was the South End of Burlington's Art Hop and I was lucky enough to get to check it out. I had to go for my first year seminar class, but I would have tried to get there anyway. My assignment was to check out two artists and to write about their work.
Living Digital is my first year seminar and it is incredibly interesting. A first year seminar, for those of us who don't know, is a small, discussion and writing based class for first-years. The class doesn't need to go along with your major. The main goal of the class is to hone writing skills and help one's transition into college. Here is the link to the first-year seminar web page on Saint Michael's website.
So anyway, I needed to go to the South End Art Hop and the only time I had was late on Friday night. Fallball games for softball started this weekend, so I was super busy. I ended up just making it to the art hop and I am so happy that I got to see it. My friends Michaela, Misha, and my roommate Katie came with me. We caught the bus to Burlington and speed walked down to the Art Hop.
The flyers said it ended at 9, the event was still in full swing when we finally got down there are 8:50. Our first artist was set up on a front porch. He had gorgeous airbrush paintings set out for everyone to look at. Here is his website, definitely check it out.
Then we made our way over to the S.P.A.C.E. Art Gallery to check out even more cool works of art. In the S.P.A.C.E. there were people who painted, sculpted and experimented with light set up. Here is the link for that website as well.
After all of that walking around, we really built up an appetite. We got Samosas from a street vender. They were absolutely delicious, and a bit spicy. Michaela and I got the Vermont Spicy potato and Katie got the Vegetable one. Both were outstanding.
We topped off the night with Ben and Jerry's to cool off our roasting tongues and headed back to campus. When we got back, I had a special treat because my family had made it up here to visit. They came up to watch my softball games this weekend. It was very good to see them again after the few weeks that I have been here.
I can't wait to check out the Art Hop again next year.